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Concern is rising over continued budget cuts to Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality. Clear Water Action is at the forefront of environmental interest in water, specifically in relation to the Great Lakes. More...

Microbeads may soon be banned in Chautauqua County, N.Y., due to concerns regarding water quality in Lake Erie. More...

Farmers and scientists gathered near Sulphur Springs, Ohio, to learn about cover crops from the Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District. More...

The Stewards of Cootes Watershed calls for help from community to volunteer in making a change in the Cootes Watersheds, in Ontario, to make sure the waterways stay pristine. More...

Birds reveal a great deal about the condition of a forest ecosystem, and are being used by Wisconsin researchers to assess Great Lakes forest health. More...

University of Michigan researchers will investigate what role the Detroit River plays in algae problems that have caused increasing havoc in Lake Erie in the past decade. More...

Ontario Power Generation is proposing an underground, radioactive nuclear waste repository near the shores of Lake Huron in Kincardine, less than a mile inland and about 120 miles upstream from the main drinking water intakes for southeast Michigan. More...

The Vista Fleet became a funding platform for environmental agencies that are hoping for state funding to help clean up the Duluth-Superior Harbor in Minnesota and Wisconsin. More...

The Vessel Incident Discharge Act establishes national standards, maintains the highest standard of protection for the Great Lakes and provides regulatory certainty for all vessel operators engaged in vital commerce on U.S. waterways. More...

Birds reveal a great deal about the condition of a forest ecosystem and are being used by Wisconsin researchers to assess Great Lakes forest health. More...

Ontario Power Generation is proposing an underground, radioactive nuclear waste repository near the shores of Lake Huron in Kincardine, less than a mile inland and about 120 miles upstream from the main drinking water intakes for southeast Michigan, and this is a bad idea. More...

Construction began at Eagle Marsh in Fort Wayne, Ind., to build a berm that will keep the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes watersheds separate. More...

The Oregonian's tourism feature on Lake Michigan continues with a visit to the South Manitou Island, a place of wonder. More...

Michigan businesses, workers and families cannot afford to have a blocked waterway because of a broken down icebreaker. And Michigan's shipping industry should not be forced to pay for one. This is why we support congressional authorization of a new Coast Guard icebreaker. And why we continue to back efforts to upgrade and add shipping capacity at the Soo Locks. More...

Though the obstacles vary in height from only 1 to 3 feet above the river bed, that is enough to block the passage of native redhorse, northern pike, smallmouth bass and other weak swimmers, according to state fisheries biologists and local observers. More...

The discovery of a three-inch walleye in a northeast Ohio river historically known as one of the most polluted in the country is a welcome sign to the region's environmental community. More...

A tour of the new Bay Area Water Treatment Plant in the Saginaw Bay region of Michigan. More...

Unfortunately, the marine debris that we find floating in our oceans and waterways all too often impacts marine life. For instance, animals may unintentionally eat debris along with their meal, or intentionally ingest trash due to its resemblance to real food. More...

in Wisconsin, a federal judge has ruled that a utility company will pay for the cost of cleaning up a Lake Superior superfund site, which could come with a pricetag of more than $100 million. More...

The Lorain Lighthouse again was named the best along the Lake Erie shore, according to awards presented by Lake Erie Living magazine. More...

In Brockville, Ont., a group of local citizens has again nominated Blockhouse Island as one of Canada's Great Public Places. More...

In Wasaga Beach, Ont., hundreds of mysterious eel have recently washed ashore near the mouth of the Nottawasaga River. The eels have not been positively identified, but they appear to be a type of peacock eel that are sometimes raised in aquariums. More...

Bay Shipbuilding Co. commands about 25 percent of all of the repair business on the Great Lakes, including the winter layover that usually results in 14 or 15 giant cargo vessels being parked at the yard from January to March. More...

Hundreds of tiny sturgeon will be released into the Manistee River in Manistee, Mich., this weekend with the hope that at least half of them will return a decade or two later. More...

The Mich. Dept. of Natural Resources has tagged and released more than 7,000 Lake Michigan smallmouth bass in the past decade. Tag data returns indicate that smallmouth bass have increased in size and number compared to 20 years ago. More...